Cover section for interior walls



July 24, 1.934. w. l.. FRY

COVER SECTION FOR INTERIOR WALLS Filed Dec. 2. 1931 NVENTOR ww/ZIAPatented July 24, 1934 COVER SECTION FOB INTERIOR WALLS ApplicationDecember 2, 1931. Serial No. 578,510

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 1 Claim. (Cl. 296-44) My invention relatesto improvements in cover sections and means of applying them to interiorwalls and more especially to-f the interior walls of motor cars. Theinvention is also most usually applicable to the parts of the Awallswhich are more or less upholstered.

In car interiors there are usually places where the edge portions of theupholstery show and these portions are usually covered by a finishingstrip or molding to protect the raw edge and to add finish andembellishment to the car. In applying cover strips to such portions adiiculty has been found in applying by simple means which anyone can useand which would cause the cover sections to lie smoothly and handsomelyin place. Another difficulty. has been that in making such applicationsof cover sections the workman is quite apt to mar or disfigure thefinishing strip or adjacent car parts.

My invention is intended to overcome these diiiiculties and provide asimple, inexpensive and, at the same time, handsome means of applyingthe cover strip to such portions, fastening it to such an edge andleaving the edge portion handsomely finished. In carrying out this ideaI can arrange a cover section so that a part of it will overlie saidedge and even the finishing strip or molding thereon and then apply asubstantial duplicate of the said finishing strip upon the overlyingpart of the cover section so as to bind such part between itself and thefirst mentioned strip or molding. In doing this it is possible to usethe same fastening means which is employed for fastening the molding asa common fastening means for both the exterior or second finishing stripand the first strip and also the overlying part of the cover. This willappear more clearly from the description which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Q Figure 1 is a broken perspective View of a car door showing theapplication of my improvements:

- Figure 2 is a broken vertical cross section through a part of the doorand with the cover i section applied and in final position; and

Figure. 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but with the parts separated.

In the drawing I have shown my invention as applied to a car door asthis is the most dlmcult place to cover satisfactorily, but it will beunderstood that the cover section may in the same way be applied to aseat back or other part of the car wall where an edge portion appearsand it is desired to give to such edge portion a handsome and finishedappearance.

In the drawing 10 represents a conventional 50 car door which, ofcourse, can be of other struc-` ture than that shown, but usually such adoor has a space 11 therein in which the window 12 slides and in such adoor there is usually a slideway 13 in the window opening and in thedoor g5 frame for the reception and guidance of the window. It is alsoquite common in doors of such character to have on the inside or frame apanel 14 of cardboard or the like and a cover 15 which may be temporaryor the upholstery 70 finish. I have referred to these several parts inorder that the application of my invention might be better understood.Referring to a door of this character it is a common practice to havethe Window ledge covered by a molding strip 16, and frequently the innerpart of the strip will have an ornamental beading 17 overlapping theinner wall of the door. Such a strip is fastened usually by screws 18,or it may be otherwise fastened. In applying the cover section 19 tosuch a door, the sides of the cover are sometimes piped as shown at 20and secured by fastenings 21 which are in the nature of prongs extendingbehind the panel 14 and having hooked portion 19 to engage the piping.85 But, as far as my invention is concerned, the cover section 19 mayhave its edges secured in other ways without affecting it. In applyingthe cover to the upper edge portion or ledge I lay the upper part of thecover 19, which is usually fabric and flexible, upon the strip 16 sothat the body portion of the cover will lie upon the in` ner wall of thedoor, but before doing this I remove the screws 18, if such screws areused, then I apply a second or duplicate nishing strip 24 to the strip16 so that the overlying part 23 of the cover will be bound between thestrip 23 and the strip 24. If fastening screws are used, I provide thestrip 24 with holes 24' which will register with the screw holes in the1004 permanently i'n place. 10E

In some cases I do not use the screws for securing the finish strip 24as I have found that if the strip is a good fit, complementary to thestrip 16, it can be snapped on over the latter and will clamp theoverlying part 23 of the 11 cover section with sumcient force to hold itin place.

In the drawing it will be seen that I have shown the outer or back edgeof the strip 24 turned over as at 25 to make it stay in place better andto aiord a smooth portion'next to the glass. while the front portion 26is bent over so as to t nicely upon the upper beaded part 17. Obviouslythis down turned portion 26 may be made an exact duplicate of the cor.

responding part 17 of the strip 16, in which case the part 25 would notbe hooked to quite such an extent as shown, but in any event the part 24is made in the form of a handsome ilnishing strip which will be. to-allintents like the strip 16 so that when it is applied to the edge of thewall, in the case shown thewindow ledge, the edge will have thedesired'handsomel nish.

In the example given, I have shownthe cover -to engage the same andretain said upholstery cover in place over said structure and betweensaid strips, said upholstery section having formed at its lateral edgesahem, and rigid retaining members passing over said hem and extendinglaterally beneath the same for retaining the `upholstery section againstlateral displacement.

WALTER L. FRY.

